Step-by-step chibi manga guide for drawing a cute anime face with large eyes and a ponytail

Prompt

Goal: Create a black-and-white Japanese chibi drawing-song manga worksheet titled AIニケちゃんの かおの えかきうた, showing a step-by-step guide for drawing a cute simplified anime girl face.

Canvas: Tall vertical poster, approximately 2:3 aspect ratio, white background, clean monochrome line art. Use thick rounded black outlines, playful handwritten Japanese typography, and a kawaii instructional-comic style. Add small decorative sparkles, hearts, and tiny yellow accent hearts around the title.

Layout: Top title area, then an 8-panel grid arranged as 2 columns by 4 rows. Each panel has a rounded rectangle border, a black circular step number badge in the upper-left corner, and a short Japanese lyric caption across the top. The drawing inside each panel gradually becomes more complete.

Text content: Use exactly 8 numbered captions:
1. まるいおかおを かきましょう♪
2. ぱっつんまえがみ ふわっとね♪
3. きらきらおめめを ふたつポン♪
4. まゆげ おはな おくちで にっこりん♪
5. ほっぺのよこに けさきが たらり♪
6. あたまのうえを まるくして♪
7. うしろで きゅっと ポニーテール♪
8. AIピンで できあがり♪ AIニケちゃん♪

Panel details: Panel 1 shows only a large simple oval/circle face outline centered. Panel 2 adds rounded bob-like hair with straight bangs and pointed locks over the face circle. Panel 3 adds two large sparkling anime eyes with heavy upper lashes and highlights. Panel 4 shows the same head but the lower central drawing area is covered by a large pale gray vertical rectangular blur, obscuring the facial details; only the upper head outline is visible behind it. Panel 5 shows the face with bangs, big eyes, and two side hair strands falling beside the cheeks. Panel 6 adds a rounded outer head/hair outline above the face plus small eyebrows, tiny nose, and smiling mouth. Panel 7 adds a high side ponytail on the upper right with a scrunchie-like band, but the center and lower face are obscured by a large gray gradient rectangle. Panel 8 shows the near-final head with side ponytail and scrunchie, but the central face/lower area is obscured by a similar large gray gradient rectangle.

Visual style: crisp manga coloring-book line art, no color fills except black outlines and minimal yellow heart accents near the title; thick friendly strokes, rounded corners, cute educational worksheet look. Keep the drawings simple, deformed, and childlike, as if for a drawing-song tutorial.

Constraints: Use exactly 8 panels and exactly one step number per panel. Preserve the Japanese text as written. Do not add extra panels, extra characters, background scenery, watermarks, or realistic shading.

• The prompt is in Japanese: paste it as is — the model understands it.